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Z. BEAUDRY. HeelBurnisher for Boots and Shoes. No. 240,947.

Patented May 3,1881.

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ZOTIQUE BEAUDItY, OF LYNN, ASSIGNOR OF TVELVE-SIXTEENTHS TO THOMAS L. HOITT AND UDGER BELIVEAU, BOTH OF SAME PLACE, JOHN E. PEOK, OF NEWTON, MASS., AND HENRY L. BROWN, OF MIDDLETOWN,

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HEEL-BURNISHER FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,947, dated. May 3, 1881.

Application liled November 13, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that l, Zo'rIQUE BEAUDRY, of Lynn, in the county of EssexV and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heel-Burnishers for Boots and Shoes, of which the following` is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a hurnisher adapted more especially for hand use; and this im- 1o provement in boot and shoe heel burnishing tools consists, first, of a burnishing-face having its surface across its width shaped to t substantially the surface of the edge of a boot or shoe heel across the thickness of the heel,

I 5 and in the direction of its length made convex, and at end of such convexity provided with a similar win g or extension, each of which wings or extensions is in continuation of said longitudinal convex portion, and has such a 2o general direction in relation to it that in the burnishin g by the longitudinal convex portion of the burnisher-face ofthe periphery or edge of the boot or shoe heel at or near the line of juncture of such edge with the front edge of the heel the burnisher-face will project in one direction therefrom and be in position to have a rest or bearing upon the edge of the heel beyond and in addition to its bearing by such convex portion, and will project in the other 3o and opposite direction therefrom, but in such projection be wholly clear and free from contact and of all liability of contact with the edge of the boot or shoe sole which is on the corresponding side of the boot or shoe as that 3 5 of the surface of the heel so being burnished;

second, in the combination, with a burnishingtool having a burnishing-face suitable for burnishing the edges of boot and shoe heels, of an edge or edges for operating and working 4o upon the heel-edge at or near the upper, .to burnish and smooth and otherwise to prepare the surface of the heel at such place, which edge or edges are arranged and applied in relation to the main burnishing-face ofthe bur- 4 5 nisher to be projected or withdrawn therefrom, and thus put into and out of their plane of operation at pleasure, all substantially as hereinafter described; third, in the combination, with ahand-burnisher for burnishin g the edges 5o of boot and shoe heels, of a rest or brace for the arm or body of the operator, through which the burnisher is handled and manipulated, all substantially as hereinafter described.

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In the accompanying plate of drawings my improvements in heel-burnishers for boots and shoes are illustrated.

In Plate l, Figure lis a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view.

In Plate 2, Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line :v fr, Fig. l, with the arm-rest and its connection with the burnisher in elevation back, of the parts in section. Fig. 4 is a front elevation, with the edge or edges for working against the heel at or near the upper of the boot or shoe placed in their operating or working position in relation to the main burnishin gface ofthe burnisher; Fig. 5, adiagram illustrative of the position of the burnishing-face in its length when working at or near the juncture of the round edge or periphery and the front edge of the heel.

In the drawings, A represents a burnisherhead. This burnisher-head is chambered, as at B, perforated, as at a a, and provided with a gas-pipe, O, which enters its chamber B, all so that it can be heated by burning gas therein.

D is a iiexible or india-rubber tube making the connection between the gas-pipe() andthe gas-supply.

E is the burnishing-face of the burnisherhead. This face E, across its width, is of a convex shape, and corresponds in such convexity with the usual concave outline of the edge of boot or shoe heels in the direction of the thickness of the heel, or, in other words, between the treading-face of the heel and the upper of the boot or shoe. This burnishing-face, in the direction ofits length has a convex portion, b, the curve of which is of a short radius, and at each end ofsuch convex portion there is a similar wing or extension, o. Owing to this construction of the burnisher-head, when the convex portion b is in operation on the heel of a boot or shoe, one of the extensions c thereof will have a bearing upouthe outer edge of the heel, and' the other extension c of the convex portion b will project outward in such a position as to be entirely free from contact with that edge of the boot or shoe sole lwhich is on the same side of the heel that is being operated upon. This relative arrangement and direction of the win gs c c and convex portion b ofthe burnishing-face and their position when burnishing the heel at or near each of its corners with the front of the heel are plainly illustrated in Fig. 5 of thedrawings, in which F rep- IOO resents the contour of a boot or shoe sole and heel; d, the corner or juncture of the round edge f and front edge, g, or" the heel; li, the edge of the sole; b, the convex face ot' the burnisher, and c c the wings or extensions thereof at each end of such convex face.

This peculiar formation ofthe burnisher-tace in the direction of its length possesses several advantages-as, for instance, some portion ot1 such face is always overlapping the edge of the heel beyond the part working and operating thereof, that all possibility or danger of the face leaving the edge of the heel at its corner or juncture with the front edge of the heel is avoided, and that there is no possibility ot'inj uring the edge of the sole of the boot or shoe while burnishing the outer edge of the heel at or near either of its corners or junctures d with the front edge of the heel.

The wings or extensions, along their length, may be either straight or curved, and it is preferable to have them curved, but each with a curve ot' long radius. They are so shown in the drawings.

The burnishing-face at one side has a rigidlyattached flange, G, which rests against the treading-face ot' the heel as the burnishingface is manipulated to burnish the outer edge of the heel, and at the other and opposite side it has an edge, H, in two parts, both of which along their length have the same general shape and direction as the burnisher-face E. One part, l, of this edge H and the burnishing-face are corrugated across their width, as shown, and as common in hecl-burnishers. and the other part, m, is smooth. This double edge H is for beading, as it is termed, the heel at and near the upper, and the two parts l m of the double edge H are in one piece with a stock, J. This stock J is attached to a rod, K, which plays through a socket-arm, a, fastened to the burnishenhead, and the said rod K, at the end opposite to that which carries the stock J, projects from the socket n, and its projecting' portion is surrounded by a coiled spring, o, which is confined between the end ofthe socket and a collar, L, which is secured, by a setscrew, p, to the rod K, and has a thumb-piece, M, that projects at right angles therefrom and lies between the socket andthe burnisher-handle N. By pressing upon the thumb-piece with the thumb ofthe hand which grasps the handle N, its double edge H to the stock J is made to project beyond the burnishing-face, and thus is placed in position for work. This movement ot' the double edge H to project it from the burnisher-face is against the coiled spring o, so that, on releasing the pressure through the thumb-piece M on such spring, obviously the spring will, in reacting, automatically retract and place such double edge H inside the plane of the burnishing-face, and thus out ot the plane of work upon the outer edge of the heel.

O is an arm lying alongside ot' and parallel to the rod K, which carries the double edge H, as described. This arm O is secured to a collar, q, of such rod, and this collar, as shown, is between the thumb-piece collar L and the spring o,- but the arm O may, it' desired, be attached directly to the thumb-piece collar.

In pressing the double edge H to project it from the burnishing-face E the extent of such projectionis limited by the abutment of this arm against the end ot' the socket n, through which the rod carrying thedouble edge Hplays, and thus obviously, by adjusting this arm upon the said rod, the extent of the projection ot' the beading and smoothing edges lm beyond the burnishing-tace E may be regulated as desired, and this adjustment ot' the arm O is secured by adjusting the thumb-piece collar.

The handle N ot' the burnisher-head may be of any suitable shape to be grasped by the hand; but it is preferable to give it the form and construction shown and described in another application t'or Letters Patent ofthe United States tiled by me June 26, 1880, for improvements in hand-burnishing tools, and as such shape is fully and in detail described therein, and as it constitutes no part whatever of the present invention, it is not deemed necessary to herein again repeat it.

P is a rest suitably shaped to surround the front' and sides of a persons arm between the shoulder and the elbow. Thisrest P is swiveled to the end of a rod, Q, and at each end of such swivel therest P is connected by coiled springs to a cross-arm of such rod Q.

The arm-rest P swivels or turns against these springs, and they, by their reaction, return the rest to its normal position in relation to its carrying-rod Q, on release of the force or pressure by which the rest turns or swivels. This arm -rest-carryin g rod extends to and swivels and turns within a socket which is at the upper end ot` and in line with the burnisher-handle N, and between such handle and arm-rest the said rod is ot' such length and curvature that with the handle grasped by the hand the arm-rest will be against and about the i'ront and sides ot' the arm, between the shoulder and elbow, and thus act as a means of bracing the burnisher in its work, all as is plainly to be seen by an inspection of Fig. l of the drawings.

The rest-carrying rod Q., at each side, is connected by spiral springs S to the burnisher- -handle, this connection, as shown, being made through a collar, s, attached by set-screw t to the socket T, in which such rod swivels, and thus the turn or swivel of the burnisherhan dle upon the arm-rest-carrying rod, or of such rod Q upon the burnisher-handle, is in either and both cases and in either and both directions of such swing against the springs S S, which on reacting serve to return the parts to their normal position.

The burnishin g implement herein described by preference ris to be suspended by spiral springs or other suitable elastic and ilexible connections from a suitable support, and when used its handle N is grasped by the hand, with the thumb of such hand placed over the thumb- IOO IIO

piece M, and with the arm of the same hand, between the elbow and the shoulder, within and at rest against the arm-rest P. The tool thus being held by the operator, the ijange Gr of the burnisher-head is placed against the treading-face ofthe heel, and then the burnishing-face E presented to and rolled and rocked or otherwise moved against the outer edge of the boot or shoe heel, while at the same time the outer edge of the heel is rolled about the burnisher-face, but in an opposite direction to the roll of the burnishing-face about it. By this roll of the burnishing-face and of the outer edge of the boot or shoeheel the outer edge of the heel is burnished as desired and polished with but few movements ot' the burnisher and but little time. After the outer edge of the heel is burnished the double edge H is then brought into play by pressing downwardly upon the thumb-piece, so as to produce from it the corrugations and smoothing oft' the heel at or near its connection with the upper ot' the boot or shoe, and this is accomplished when the double edge is so brought into play by rolling or otherwise passing the double edge about the heel and the heel about the double edge.

The arm-rest P, with its brace-rod connecting it to the burnisher-head, obviously enables the operator to hold the tool with greater rmness and steadiness to its work, and as the arm-rest is swiveled to the brace-rod Q and the brace-rod to the burnisher-head, plainly the tool and brace-rod can be moved in all directions necessary, thus giving the utmost freedom and ease to the manipulations of the tool, while at the same time the burnisher is given a support and brace directly from the operators arm in addition to the support and brace from the hand of the operator which is grasping the burnisher-handle.

It is obvious that an arm-rest connected by a brace-rod, Q, to a hand heel-burnisher, as herein described, is as applicable to other handburnishers as to the one herein particularly shown and described.

The double edge I'I, for beading, corrugatin g, and smoothing the outer edge of the heel near the upper, obviously may be arranged for a separate operation ot' each edge in lieu ot' the combined operation herein described, and again, obviously, the arrangement of it herein described, for placing it in and out of operating position, is applicable to other forms ot' heel-burnishers as well as the one herein particularly described.

The burnisher-head may be adapted to beA heated in other ways than by gas,as describedas, for instance, it may be made solid and heated from time to time by placing it in a suitable furnace, but it is preferable to heat it by gas conveyed through a ieXible connection with the gas-supply, as it thus is always under heat, and no time is lost to reheat it, as would be the case it' adapted to be heated in a furnace.

As shown and particularly described, the brace-rod Q, leading from the arm to the hand burnishing-tool, and also the arm-rest P, are sWiveled to each other and the brace-rod to the tool, and while, for obvious reasons, this connection of them is preferable, yet either or both of such connections may be rigid, it' so desired.

While the brace-rod Q has been herein particularly described as adapted to rest against the arm of the operator, it is obvious that the same results and benefits would be obtained by resting it against the body of the operator.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A heel-burnisher for boots and shoes, the working-face of which is constructed of the convex portion b and the two wings or eXtensions c c, forming opposite continuations of the convex portion, all substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with a heel-burnisher for boots and shoes, of a suitable block or support provided with two edges, l and m, capable of adjustment in relation to the burnisher substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a boot and shoe burnishing tool connected with a verticallyarranged brace-rod connected with the burnishing-tool, and extendingin an upward and outward direction from the same, theupper end of said brace-rod being provided with a rest arranged to bear against the arm ot' the operator above the elbow, substantially as described, whereby force from the arm can be applied to the burnisher, as set forth.

4. The combination, with a burnisher for boots and shoes, ot' a brace-rod having at one end aswiveled connection with the burnisher and at the other end provided with a swiveled rest adapted to bear against the arm above the elbow, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

5. In a hand-burnisher for boots and shoes, a stock, J, provided with the edge or edges l m, located at one side of a suitable burnishingface for the heels of boots and shoes, in combination with the rod 7c, socket n, thumb-piece M, and spiral spring r, all arranged together substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In a hand-burnisher for boots and shoes, the combination, with theburnisher, of a brace` rod, Q, which is swiveled thereto and to an arm-rest, P, and at each side is provided with spiral springs or other suitable elastic connections, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimonyv whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

i Zorioon BEAUDRY.

Witnesses:

EDWIN W. BROWN, WILL S. BELLoWs.

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